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Hook kick is a sneaky kick. I used to use it in competition a lot, not a lot of power and difficult to recover from if you opponent moves in fast. That being said. I had the Honor of sparing with Sensei Kanazawa, back in the 1970's yes I am old. I tried my hook kick on him and he dumped me on my ass. Same thing happened 12 years later when I tried it on my Wing Chun Gung Fu instructor. Great video
@@ryanliu6694 Its all about the set up, in my opinion. With the crescent you cant see it coming if you feint hands while taking a v step out and firing the crescent on the closest leg. Also if your left roundhouse cant go high well, flexibility is a bitch, crescent is way easier.
Fisker94 You’re right, and the crescent kick is useful for close range hard to see head kicks, but again, in every situation, a downward roundhouse kick or twist kick is better. The twist kick comes with its own feint, so you don’t even need to set it up with hand feints (not to mention it hits with the instep instead of the side of the heel which hurts like a son of a gun), and a downward roundhouse acts the same way as an inside crescent kick but with more power and a better weapon to hit with (shin or instep). Only scenario I see it better in is if you have flexibility issues, like you said. However, to that I say train harder.
Ryan Liu At least in the context of historical/traditional Chinese martial arts, crescent kicks were applied in a way to deliver a stomp or a sweep, or at times even an “angled front kick”. Which are all quite different from the type of energy or body mechanics of roundhouse kicks, which are more baseball-bat swing like.
@@datguy9408 I run it like a jab. Whenever someone is moving towards me hastily a front kick is like a step-stuttering device AND helps you move closer depending on how you land it or if it's front leg/back leg. It's versatile tool!
S-Tier comes from Japanese schooling, where S denotes a student who was nearly 100% perfect in a subject. Some video games like Sonic started using letter grades to score how you did and included S as the score to achieve. So later on when tier lists became popular, S was included to really articulate what characters/weapons were in a league of their own.
isn't it easy to break collar bones with proper technique and timing of the axe kick. actually why isn't breaking the collar bone part of ground and pound or is that bone not easy to break on trained athletes
@@jotv7224 nah the problem is a lot of the time if ur using it from a standing position in MMA, ur opponent will take u down. Also for ground and pound they'll probably get tripped, upkicked, or they might hit the groin.
I just do not understand how the roundhouse isn't S tier, it is literally the most used kick out there, and don't even get me started on front kicks, Hollywood told me that if I can't find me keys front kicks are how I must open my doors, and Hollywood wouldn't lie to me, right?
Out of all these kicks here, I would say the roundhouse kick is the easiest kick to guard against. And in a mma fight, wrestlers can time your roundhouse kick with a tackle.
Jan R. Pedersen in a real fight you do have the time to kick. You might not be able to throw a tornado kick in a street fight, but side kicks are extremely fast and unexpected, and also very effective at long range
@Jan R. Pedersen that is absolutely 100% dependent on how good you are at kicking. If you're good at kicking, your kicks aren't going to be slow in the slightest.
Even though I don't think Daniel had the skill to beat Johnny, I think it's a misconception that he only had 4 months of karate knowledge. He mentioned on multiple occasions his experience in karate from "The Y". Who knows how effective or formal training he received from there. He doesn't even mention how long he was there for. What we do know, is that he had some experience from Mr. Miyagi to build from. Movie aside, I think it's logical to assume Mr. Miyagi didn't necessarily believe Daniel could win. He just wanted him to grow as an individual by mounting his fears. I think Daniel just got lucky, and we have to leave it at that. Maybe Johnny wasn't in the right head space.
@@SenseiSeth honestly if I could throw side kicks anymore my go to kicks are the most simple and practiced like the front, roundhouse, spinning back kick and side kicks. All solid kicks. They get the job done.
The sidekick is such an amazing kick. Many years ago when in my teens I learned how well it worked both as a offensive and defensive weapon while sparring. It is great to use as a stop hit by striking your opponent in the hip or stomach as they are coming in. It is a good self defense technique that can be thrown from stomach to ankle. Along with the roundhouse kick you can step out at 35 and 45 degree angles to open your opponent up. You can also move in and out to adjust your distance to your opponent. Lol I do have to say that I saw some concern and fear on your face as if Icy Mike was coming around the corner to correct you about the sidekick. BTW as you get older and your body doesn't work like it used to(my body being a prime example) the basic kicks are still effective.
When I was younger I side kicked my charging 5 years the elder older brother off his butt and a few feet back into a couch. I weighed 90 pounds probably. Sidekick was my best kick in TKD and I used my strong leg forward like Bruce Lee so it’s a lot faster. My older brother never tried to fight me again after that day. I still remember the look in his eyes 😂.
One of the many reasons that the question mark kick is my favorite kick is that you don’t even have to kick someone too hard with it, you just need to connect and you feel great that you got someone with a question mark kick and the other person feels stupid for blocking the body and getting kicked in the head.
I dont know bout that.....UA-cam Joe Lewis.....lol.....Sidekicks are nasty....even to those of US prepared and trained......Check it out!!.....Peace Bro.......Sidekicks!!!!!.....lol....
Being a TKD guy I know a whole lot of kicks and I still practice a lot of them including the jumping ones and spinning ones and even some Capoeira kick, but I only use like five kicks.
I have a bunch of different ways to throw the round house. And then A front kick and A side kick. Crescent kicks are my most thrown before any kind of workout because it's arm circles for your legs.
Same TKD guy who studied mostly during the 90's when sparring was closer to full contact. I haven't finished the video yet, but I hope spinning rear/back kick is A/S tier. For body shots it can be a fight ender. Dennis Sever, not sure if he was TKD or not doesn't matter, made a living off of it in the UFC.
I miss TKD. The last kick I learned from it was the spinning roundhouse. I spent hours on the evening after class trying to get the footwork correctly. Unfortunately I stopped going to TKD and have since forgotten it. I started Muay Thai 15 years later and immediately had the Thai roundhouse technique figured out. I credit TKD for that. When I get back to the states, I’m going back to my usual mma gym but seeking out a high level TKD fighter to train with because I miss those more technical kicks. Only TKD I use in fighting is the front kick, sidekick, and spinning sidekick. I don’t really want to enroll in TKD and go through all the forms again lol just let me practice with someone that can critique me live.
Roundhouse is my fav for sure, nothing like landing that roundhouse to the head! The one I use the most is the front leg front kick though, so useful. Use it like a jab, and have stunned guys coming in with it lots, just hit em in the solar plexus for maximum effect. Side kicks are dope too, but a bit harder to land than front kicks, but def more powerful.
As a long time taekwondo nerd, 1981-2000 I have a kick that I love to do just to frustrate my "friends" in sparring and that's the simple pushkick. Can destroy their whole game plan. But it's most for fun if you don't want to hurt anyone. Just to frustrate. Then you always have the high risk, high reward kicks. Jumping spinning back kick if it connects?!. Pretty much game over♥️ From Thailand 🇹🇭
@@SenseiSeth hehehe... Yup. It's almost too easy. Or if you want to be even lazier it can work without any push, just like a stop kick. I can't recall ever receiving any points for that but if it works it works... 😊
My 3 favorite kicks to use are: front kick (preferably snappy), roundhouse kick (preferably front leg) and side kick. Those 3 are imo really effective.
Front kick slightly underrated on your list. Aside from being a fairly powerful kick, it is quite useful, especially for distance control, or setting up for other combinations.
I think my favorite kick is the sidekick. I use most of the time: sidekick, roundhouse kick (muay thai) and front kick as main kicks. I realy have difficulties with spimming kick for some reasons and usualy don't use them that much.
In my experience a front leg inside Cresent kick is a great way to knock your opponents hands out of the way long enough to get them with a front hand hook punch to the face so I see it more as a means to set up for a combo rather than use it as a strike on its own
give tha front kick more love, it's cool, simple and strong, plus you don't give your oponent your backs when u use it. plus, it's really easy to land your shin in the balls of the other guys by "accident", you not only defeat him, but also the future generations of his family
My experience with side kicks leads me to think that there are two types The first is what you see in the video, a truncated jab of sorts that has little power and is mainly used to stop someone with a 'tagging' motion. The second is done differently, is harder to land, and has different uses. Assume you have your right leg back. Bring up the right knee, but instead of going straight treat it like a hooking feint. Bring the knee up and across (you can substitute a hook kick here, it's setup and I use it to direct the opponent into position). Once the knee is past YOUR center line, you're in the position to crank your body into place and stomp backwards with the heel, using all your main muscle groups at once. Thing is, those are two VERY different kicks. The second is more of a rear kick with setup. Neither is really a 'side kick' exactly.
I'd only really use it if I missed a round technique and found my opponent rushing into the gap though. Stopping power when someone comes in hard is phenomenal and it's a good fallback.
Lol I land sidekicks all the time😂 it’s actually one of my bread and butters. Do a round house kick(doesn’t matter if it lands), act like the combo is done, and when they motion forward slip it in there. Them motioning forwards gives it so much more power too. 😂
My favorite kick is definitely the tornado kick. I love spinning kicks, aerial kicks are epic, it's strong, I like the fake out as well that also gives you more momentum, you can do multiple spins of you want to really throw someone off, and you can combo it into other kicks as well. I just love everything about it
One time when I was 17 I got into a fight at high school and tried doing a question mark kick but went too high so my foot went over the guys head, but then I pulled my leg turning it into an axe kick, that was pretty much the coolest kick I'll ever throw in my life, an accidental question mark axe kick
Krane kick... the only time that worked for me was by doing a muay thai stance, doing a front kick to measure the distance and do a jump faking a flying knee to target the jaw.
I absolutely love the front kick. I have a long reach and once used it to score every single point throughout a tournament, and managed to secure first place. My students have since joked that it's my only technique.
Side kick!! Doesn't matter where it lands it does damage if thrown correctly. Head, body, back, leg, knee and even into a block. My coach used to tell me to keep hitting the arms with my sliding side and they will drop. He was right. My opponents' arms would start to become fatigued and the head shots were now open for business! My favorite kick and anyone at any age or body type can learn to throw it effectively. Thank you side kick...from your biggest fan!! Edit: I did score a KO with a Tornado kick in a tournament. You get torque with it. It is devastating!
Edit: Jesus you’re one of the fastest creators to respond. Since you’ve been trying to prove the effectiveness of the sidekick, you may want to look into the Muay Thai ‘side teep’, or the Thai side kick - don’t know which name is more common. samart payakaroon used extensively to great effect. The best I can describe it as is an abbreviated karate side kick, where instead of trying to make a bow and arrow motion with the shin, your goal is to throw the heel in a straight line to the target. Obviously, less power, but it fulfills the roll of a leg jab perfectly: it’s the longest strike available, hard to stifle, quick, and most of all, it requires almost no commitment, unlike the traditional sidekick, where you may need to slide or pendulum step into it
Samart also used it in conjunction with a more typical side kick, which made the move a lot more versatile. He switched between the faster side teep and side kick, depending on whether he wanted speed or power - like having both a jab and straight punch in one position. If he wanted speed, he threw a side teep; if he wanted power, he simple add a leg chamber. I use try to use it in a similar way, but haven’t mastered it. However, I noticed that the threat of a clean side teep is often enough to force hesitation or reaction, and that definitely helps when trying to land clean, strong, chambered, side kicks.
Pro tip: crescent kicks are a good exercise to have your students do to build up hip strength and flexibility. I like to train 10 inside and outside on both sides along with the dynamic front leg stretch. 10 reps each after a workout then a hip stretch. Definitely not a practical kick for fighting but it’s a great exercise to build strength and flexibility.
I practice WT style TKD and at least once a week I'm reminding the lower belts to use their crescent (and ax) kicks to get headshots. When they have the distance for a roundhouse kick they get their hands in the way before they can land it, and normally they're too close for a roundhouse kick anyway. But listening to you talk about it did help me realize that it's not that useful in a real fight, and when I don't have sparring rules preventing face punches, if I'm that close to someone, my best option is to just punch their nose a new angle. So for sparring, I'd put a crescent kick at S-tier, but for real-world application, I agree with the F-tier.
MT fighter sees this in Thailand* MT guys: we are gonna have to do 1000 round kicks each leg on this bag to forget and forgive karate for this malfeasance.
Loving your videos sir! I will say I prefer when you show a quick demo of the technique being discussed, as you did with the ranking the punches video. Keep them coming!
I mean kinda but not... really? It’s almost the same but you can’t drop into a roundhouse kick to the body or higher and it adds a ton of power. Strategy is different as well. A lead leg roundhouse is a spoiler, a way to wear your opponent’s mobility down and distract. If a normal roundhouse is a left straight punch then a leg kick is a jab to give a boxing analogy. But hey I’m just some nobody. I could be overthinking it.
This proves my point that karate guys are jealous of TKD & Muay Thai kicks. Everyone knows a question mark kick gets predictable after the first time & spinning wheel kicks aren't safe on block. Though the front/push kicks & teap never fail in any situation.
calf kick /rear leg kick (douglas lima/ jose aldo) chasse bas (jon jones) lead inside leg kick (neiky holzkin) leg kick (joe valetlini) body/head roundhouse (Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong) up kick (anderson silva)
Add some more to the list : lead and rear backfist, superman punch, mike tyson's gazelle punch, maybe the straight and round palm strikes of pancrase (just to have some variety), maybe add the vertical fist jab and cross that go through the guard, a hammerfist (although it's a ground technique) and maybe something really flashy like the raymond daniels 720 hook punch. I think that's a good list to go.
I think the crescent kick is underestimated. As mentioned, it does not necessarily have power but at close distance (think clench), a crescent kick to the head is amazing. It will make the opponent step back and think twice about getting too close.
I think side kick, it’s so versatile, you can use it to the head and knock people out, to the body/chest and knock them down, to the knee to hyperextend and damage the ligament, it can be used to create distance as a push kick or even gauge distance, like a teep or a jab, you can also use it to stop kicks and spin an opponent like samart payakaroon did by hitting the hips, sometimes 2-3 times in a row and because all sidekicks have the same/similar setup it’s hard to read which height it’ll come at
Soooo, "spinning rear" is the same as a back kick, right? ushiro geri? (can we just use Japanese names? ;) ) My fav at the moment - and I put the whole authority of my one year kyokushin when I was a teenager and 3/4 year kickboxing behind it - is a variation of side kick as Ando Mierzwa is doing it (ua-cam.com/video/AgLCyV-A_j4/v-deo.html). Half way to the back kick with my butt facing the partner. Slower, but stronger... I guess?... And back kicks. I have this idea in my head that if my roundhouse misses I can use a side or a back kick just after it, because after the roundhouse I land in a pretty good position for it. And there is a chance that my partner will be unprepared for the combo. Tell me I'm right. Please.
makingthematrix lol we’re using English in everything else, I’m confused why we need to use the Japanese names ONLY for referring to the technique? But yes. Spinning rear kick and spinning back kick are pretty much interchangeable BUT one (rear) you turn just a bit more
You’re absolutely right! You can also use distance as a weapon since the spinning back kick is perceived as the longest reaching kick (but in reality you can feint a spinning back kick and go into a tornado kick with a step instead of a jump which reaches further).
@@SenseiSeth : My native language Polish. English and Japanese names are on the same shelf for me :) And Japanese even feel.... more focused? Like, ushiro geri is precisely this set of movements, as taught in my karate school. And a back kick? Well, that's when I turn back and kick something... :D
A tornado kick is just a jumping-spinning-inward crescent kick. Crescent kicks are very useful for blocking and moving incoming kicks and weapons and such. You can take attackers off-balance or control the opponent's weapon to create an opening for your own. It's less useful in barefoot pajama boxing.
As a Karate guy the Front Kick (Mae Geri) is S-Tier for me not only do you still have full balance after the kick you also have 100% vision and it's an easy knock out if you hit the head. It's always been my go to for self defense nobody expects it either.
Some great kicks still remaining to be ranked: *fumikomi geri (knee/hip stomp) *ashi barai (feet sweep) *kisame mae geri (front leg front kick, good surprise element, brutal against the genitals and great for combos) *Sow gerk (wing chun low kick with the heel to the lower shin, brutal if wearing shoes)
Sow gerk is considerably more difficult to find in youtube because many wing chun schools do not use the kick for actually doing damage, but for misleading the attention of your opponent downwards. In our school here in brazil (applied wing chun w/ sifu Hudson William), it has become a staple, we have found it to be devastating when properly applied. I found a video of it being teached by sikung Duncan Leung: ua-cam.com/video/OFVZCqeRnBI/v-deo.html
Because of lack of flexibility, age and injuries, the rear leg outside crescent kick works better for me in combos than the round kick. Most people don't use it in practice because it harder to control and most don't expect it. So they don't throw it cause they don't want to actually hit their partners. Do, jab, cross, leg kick twice. Then instead of leg, go to the head with outside crescent.
I reckon I’ve honed my hook kick to the max. My hook kicks are definitely pretty hard and strong, I can break a board easily. But I still agree with you bc it’s not that strong compared to other kicks
I think front kick in B in diabolical... It's a great kick that can be made effective by people that don't even know proper rechambering, it has great distance and there are push variants as well that can deliver a lot of power. Even a bad front kick can be good tbh. Besides that, great tier list and video Seth!
I feel the spinning back kick should be a tier or two higher because unlike the front kick you have great liberty as to which direction you wish to kick due to the “spin.” Like I can be facing straight and throw a spinning back kick at someone who’s shifted to my right with great effect without the need of really any footwork (I’ve done it too). I’d also argue it’s harder to see coming then the front kick, and this is all excluding power alone.
Sensei Seth I understand why you say that, I just personally find it that when both kicks are done quickly the spinning back kick catches people off guard more
My favorite kick is a rear rear leg crescent kick. Not the most powerful of kicks but It can be sneaky and I seem to land it pretty often. Plus it can work as a set up for my axe kick.
I'm a taller guy (190cm), about 3 inches off the ground on all my splits (this is important). The axe kick has been one of my most effective and also one of my favourite finishing moves. There's something satisfying about bringing my head so high that my foot is above my own head, and just swinging it down like an axe. I think that my flexibility, strength, and also my height are the reasons my axe kick is one of my best weapons. But I do agree that with legs as long as mine, I have other, far more useful weapons.
I am a martialartist practisioner. I practise kickboxing and have done karate, judo, jiu jitsu and krav maga. I dont think the side kick is that bad at all. I land it quite often in sparring and i know that i can land it hard. Somtimes i land it at will. You just have to know to set it up. I like to sweep the front leg and because i pull the leg towards me i have my leg loaded for a side kick which knocks down an imbalanced opponent/sparring partner
First things first the crane kick comes from Goju-Ryu, secondly a spinning crescent kick can actually break someone's neck, a TURNAROUND HOOK KICK is more of like a hail Mary kick, if anything the only kicks you should work on are the basic three, front kick, side kick, round house, every kick derives from this three, work on that stance and breathing and stretching everything else will come naturally.
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Hook kick is a sneaky kick. I used to use it in competition a lot, not a lot of power and difficult to recover from if you opponent moves in fast. That being said. I had the Honor of sparing with Sensei Kanazawa, back in the 1970's yes I am old. I tried my hook kick on him and he dumped me on my ass. Same thing happened 12 years later when I tried it on my Wing Chun Gung Fu instructor. Great video
@@anthonybrogan390 Please edit the video showing the kicks being done. Make more sense to people not super familiar with the kick themselves
What about the Oblique kick?
When he put spinning wheel kick at S I stopped listening😐
really recommend this course.
If sidekicks aren't s tier I'm going to learn aikido.
Ahren Wagner 👀👀👀
@@SenseiSeth That's it.... I have no faith in humanity anymore.....
Ahren Wagner hahahaha
Have fun with kote gaeshi, flippin'rollin'flippin
Alex F 😂😂
groin kick : S tier
Restomp: SS tier
“Always re-stomp the groin”-Master Ken
“Everyone has a plan until they get kicked in the balls”
Actually a groin kick can be easily countered and will leave you in bad form its just that during a fight you are not expecting it
Groin kick: D tier
It's probably the most powerful kick on this list, but it's so uncool that it's disrespectful.
It would have been nice if you had demonstrated each kick for some of us newbs. Otherwise, awesome vid as usual.
Christopher Poisson hmm, fair!! I’ll think on it next time!
Thinking the same, would have loved each one demonstrated ...
@@SenseiSeth yeah that would be good. I don't think I'd know all the kicks let alone if how I think they are done is right lol
I rocked one of my friends when faking a leg kick into a crescent to the side of his head and gave him a healthy respect for crescents.
Haha fair!
Jered Sizemore I feel like in every situation a twist or downward round kick is better than a crescent kick,,,
@@ryanliu6694 Its all about the set up, in my opinion. With the crescent you cant see it coming if you feint hands while taking a v step out and firing the crescent on the closest leg. Also if your left roundhouse cant go high well, flexibility is a bitch, crescent is way easier.
Fisker94 You’re right, and the crescent kick is useful for close range hard to see head kicks, but again, in every situation, a downward roundhouse kick or twist kick is better. The twist kick comes with its own feint, so you don’t even need to set it up with hand feints (not to mention it hits with the instep instead of the side of the heel which hurts like a son of a gun), and a downward roundhouse acts the same way as an inside crescent kick but with more power and a better weapon to hit with (shin or instep). Only scenario I see it better in is if you have flexibility issues, like you said. However, to that I say train harder.
Ryan Liu At least in the context of historical/traditional Chinese martial arts, crescent kicks were applied in a way to deliver a stomp or a sweep, or at times even an “angled front kick”. Which are all quite different from the type of energy or body mechanics of roundhouse kicks, which are more baseball-bat swing like.
Front kick baby, modest movements are always under appreciated.
Haha it’s a great kick, just needs more “coolness” lol
Like the jab
Way to slept on...
I’ve always been terrible at timing them tbh. Then again I was drilling it against a soccer player, those guys naturally have an advantage.
@@datguy9408 I run it like a jab. Whenever someone is moving towards me hastily a front kick is like a step-stuttering device AND helps you move closer depending on how you land it or if it's front leg/back leg. It's versatile tool!
In TKD, I've seen people through good front kicks above their own head. If you stretch enough, you can land a good front snap kick to the head.
S-Tier comes from Japanese schooling, where S denotes a student who was nearly 100% perfect in a subject. Some video games like Sonic started using letter grades to score how you did and included S as the score to achieve. So later on when tier lists became popular, S was included to really articulate what characters/weapons were in a league of their own.
CladGreenHero never knew that! Thanks!
I learned this from dragon ball z games!
The Axe Kick is S tier in one circumstance:
It's the 1980s to late 1990s and your name is Andy Hug
Hahaha truth
Yep
isn't it easy to break collar bones with proper technique and timing of the axe kick. actually why isn't breaking the collar bone part of ground and pound or is that bone not easy to break on trained athletes
@@jotv7224 nah the problem is a lot of the time if ur using it from a standing position in MMA, ur opponent will take u down. Also for ground and pound they'll probably get tripped, upkicked, or they might hit the groin.
Judd Reid has a killer one
These kicks are my bread and butter. Too bad they broke the toaster.
Renz Davis SHEESH lol
Lmao🤣🤣
I just do not understand how the roundhouse isn't S tier, it is literally the most used kick out there, and don't even get me started on front kicks, Hollywood told me that if I can't find me keys front kicks are how I must open my doors, and Hollywood wouldn't lie to me, right?
Hahaha I said Roundhouse kicks are most used! Like I mentioned. Gotta remember the coolness
Out of all these kicks here, I would say the roundhouse kick is the easiest kick to guard against. And in a mma fight, wrestlers can time your roundhouse kick with a tackle.
Great point!
Jan R. Pedersen in a real fight you do have the time to kick. You might not be able to throw a tornado kick in a street fight, but side kicks are extremely fast and unexpected, and also very effective at long range
@Jan R. Pedersen that is absolutely 100% dependent on how good you are at kicking. If you're good at kicking, your kicks aren't going to be slow in the slightest.
This would have been much better if the actual kicks were shown.
Yea, I did that for the more recent tier list videos!
How dare you crane kick is the best, how else can someone who's done karate for like four months beat a black belt without an unbeatable magic kick
me82sjm hmmm.. you have a great point there
Right? No can defend brah
Crane kick allows you to break the rules!
@@jamesthera illegal head kick KO. I think Steve Mazagatti was ref or something...
Even though I don't think Daniel had the skill to beat Johnny, I think it's a misconception that he only had 4 months of karate knowledge. He mentioned on multiple occasions his experience in karate from "The Y". Who knows how effective or formal training he received from there. He doesn't even mention how long he was there for. What we do know, is that he had some experience from Mr. Miyagi to build from. Movie aside, I think it's logical to assume Mr. Miyagi didn't necessarily believe Daniel could win. He just wanted him to grow as an individual by mounting his fears. I think Daniel just got lucky, and we have to leave it at that. Maybe Johnny wasn't in the right head space.
Front kick, roundhouse and spinning rear are usually in my higher tier list
J Hernandez WRONG lol those are good pick!
@@SenseiSeth honestly if I could throw side kicks anymore my go to kicks are the most simple and practiced like the front, roundhouse, spinning back kick and side kicks. All solid kicks. They get the job done.
The sidekick is such an amazing kick. Many years ago when in my teens I learned how well it worked both as a offensive and defensive weapon while sparring. It is great to use as a stop hit by striking your opponent in the hip or stomach as they are coming in. It is a good self defense technique that can be thrown from stomach to ankle. Along with the roundhouse kick you can step out at 35 and 45 degree angles to open your opponent up. You can also move in and out to adjust your distance to your opponent. Lol I do have to say that I saw some concern and fear on your face as if Icy Mike was coming around the corner to correct you about the sidekick. BTW as you get older and your body doesn't work like it used to(my body being a prime example) the basic kicks are still effective.
Wendell Benedict Lol I love Side Kicks 👏👍
very nice on the backfoot against boxers when shot to the knee, very quick and can be easily chained into any spinning attack
When I was younger I side kicked my charging 5 years the elder older brother off his butt and a few feet back into a couch. I weighed 90 pounds probably. Sidekick was my best kick in TKD and I used my strong leg forward like Bruce Lee so it’s a lot faster. My older brother never tried to fight me again after that day. I still remember the look in his eyes 😂.
One of the many reasons that the question mark kick is my favorite kick is that you don’t even have to kick someone too hard with it, you just need to connect and you feel great that you got someone with a question mark kick and the other person feels stupid for blocking the body and getting kicked in the head.
😂😂 truth
Sidekick needs to be F and S simultaneously. Because #sidekicksdontwork until they do.
Be Ready Self-Defense hahaha fair!
I dont know bout that.....UA-cam Joe Lewis.....lol.....Sidekicks are nasty....even to those of US prepared and trained......Check it out!!.....Peace Bro.......Sidekicks!!!!!.....lol....
@@darinjames3313 I think you're not in on the hashtag joke.... 🙃
@@BeReadySelfDefense Nope...Im not Sensei....But its ok....Keep up the Good Work.....Stay safe n healthly....Adios Amigo....
@@darinjames3313 well welcome to the fold, my friend!
Being a TKD guy I know a whole lot of kicks and I still practice a lot of them including the jumping ones and spinning ones and even some Capoeira kick, but I only use like five kicks.
consistently I maybe use 3 per sparring round depending on how comfortable I am.
I have a bunch of different ways to throw the round house. And then A front kick and A side kick.
Crescent kicks are my most thrown before any kind of workout because it's arm circles for your legs.
Same TKD guy who studied mostly during the 90's when sparring was closer to full contact. I haven't finished the video yet, but I hope spinning rear/back kick is A/S tier. For body shots it can be a fight ender. Dennis Sever, not sure if he was TKD or not doesn't matter, made a living off of it in the UFC.
The five legendary kicks roundhouse, side kick, front kick, groin kick, and kicking someone in the kidney
I miss TKD. The last kick I learned from it was the spinning roundhouse. I spent hours on the evening after class trying to get the footwork correctly. Unfortunately I stopped going to TKD and have since forgotten it. I started Muay Thai 15 years later and immediately had the Thai roundhouse technique figured out. I credit TKD for that. When I get back to the states, I’m going back to my usual mma gym but seeking out a high level TKD fighter to train with because I miss those more technical kicks. Only TKD I use in fighting is the front kick, sidekick, and spinning sidekick. I don’t really want to enroll in TKD and go through all the forms again lol just let me practice with someone that can critique me live.
Roundhouse is my fav for sure, nothing like landing that roundhouse to the head! The one I use the most is the front leg front kick though, so useful. Use it like a jab, and have stunned guys coming in with it lots, just hit em in the solar plexus for maximum effect. Side kicks are dope too, but a bit harder to land than front kicks, but def more powerful.
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S tier is for side kick!
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"which makes me want to give it a lower rank immediately"
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Side kick (with the front leg) to the opponent's thigh is my favorite kick. Very effective and underrated. Not many people use it.
Front kick - Side kicks are mainly for breaking up old furniture so it’s easier to take to the dump.
Hahahaha interesting use
Love that you put them from an mma perspective even though you have a primarily karate background!
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As a long time taekwondo nerd, 1981-2000 I have a kick that I love to do just to frustrate my "friends" in sparring and that's the simple pushkick. Can destroy their whole game plan. But it's most for fun if you don't want to hurt anyone. Just to frustrate. Then you always have the high risk, high reward kicks. Jumping spinning back kick if it connects?!. Pretty much game over♥️ From Thailand 🇹🇭
Like a teep?
@@SenseiSeth something like that 😁
Nice!! Nothing wrong with a Good push kick!
@@SenseiSeth hehehe... Yup. It's almost too easy. Or if you want to be even lazier it can work without any push, just like a stop kick. I can't recall ever receiving any points for that but if it works it works... 😊
Truth! If it ain’t broke
My 3 favorite kicks to use are: front kick (preferably snappy), roundhouse kick (preferably front leg) and side kick. Those 3 are imo really effective.
Not first, but proud to be here...
Ryan Liu appreciate you Ryan!
Front kick slightly underrated on your list. Aside from being a fairly powerful kick, it is quite useful, especially for distance control, or setting up for other combinations.
I mean I'd never throw a crescent kick by itself, but it can clear a guard as a setup for a spinning wheel or a tornado kick
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I think my favorite kick is the sidekick. I use most of the time: sidekick, roundhouse kick (muay thai) and front kick as main kicks. I realy have difficulties with spimming kick for some reasons and usualy don't use them that much.
Side kick is dope for sure
I was looking for the low side kick, or front kick that is in Wing Chun. It’s also called the oblique kick. It’s very useful and A tier in my opinion
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Damn, I love martial arts. Returning to thai kick-boxing soon :) Great video!
"Side kicks dont work" *Bill superfoot Wallace has entered the chat*
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Sidekicks are great they can be used like a teep and are also great as a stomp to the knee
Side Kicks, Front Kicks, and Roundhouse Kicks are truly devastating alongside Axe Kicks, Question Mark Kicks, Snap Kicks, and Spinning Heel Kicks.
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meme kick in F tier, seems legit.
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I've got to work on my kicks. *sigh*
Side kick portion was hilarious! 😂
In my experience a front leg inside Cresent kick is a great way to knock your opponents hands out of the way long enough to get them with a front hand hook punch to the face so I see it more as a means to set up for a combo rather than use it as a strike on its own
give tha front kick more love, it's cool, simple and strong, plus you don't give your oponent your backs when u use it.
plus, it's really easy to land your shin in the balls of the other guys by "accident", you not only defeat him, but also the future generations of his family
😂😂😂 accidents
😂😂😂 I died reading this
My experience with side kicks leads me to think that there are two types The first is what you see in the video, a truncated jab of sorts that has little power and is mainly used to stop someone with a 'tagging' motion. The second is done differently, is harder to land, and has different uses. Assume you have your right leg back. Bring up the right knee, but instead of going straight treat it like a hooking feint. Bring the knee up and across (you can substitute a hook kick here, it's setup and I use it to direct the opponent into position). Once the knee is past YOUR center line, you're in the position to crank your body into place and stomp backwards with the heel, using all your main muscle groups at once. Thing is, those are two VERY different kicks. The second is more of a rear kick with setup. Neither is really a 'side kick' exactly.
I'd only really use it if I missed a round technique and found my opponent rushing into the gap though. Stopping power when someone comes in hard is phenomenal and it's a good fallback.
Lol I land sidekicks all the time😂 it’s actually one of my bread and butters. Do a round house kick(doesn’t matter if it lands), act like the combo is done, and when they motion forward slip it in there. Them motioning forwards gives it so much more power too. 😂
Lol “side kicks don’t” work is just a meme
Sensei Seth lol I figured it was😂 made me laugh
Some people don’t figure lol thanks!
To true, works great in sparring. Especially southpaw vs orthodox throwing the sidekick off of your lead right.
This was fabulously helpful. Thanks!!!
This is such a good video concept.
Wanna see other youtubers do the same vid I the opion
What other stuff do you want to see me rank?
My favorite kick is definitely the tornado kick. I love spinning kicks, aerial kicks are epic, it's strong, I like the fake out as well that also gives you more momentum, you can do multiple spins of you want to really throw someone off, and you can combo it into other kicks as well. I just love everything about it
The last part about side kics omg I was dying ahah
😂😂😂 glad you enjoyed that
One time when I was 17 I got into a fight at high school and tried doing a question mark kick but went too high so my foot went over the guys head, but then I pulled my leg turning it into an axe kick, that was pretty much the coolest kick I'll ever throw in my life, an accidental question mark axe kick
OMG man, you should put small demonstrations of each kick....
Matheus Messias next time 👍
Krane kick...
the only time that worked for me was by doing a muay thai stance, doing a front kick to measure the distance and do a jump faking a flying knee to target the jaw.
Muay Thai Stance makes sense 👍👍
What’s your Favorite Kick? Is my List bogus?
Happy Tiger Shaolin Training I’d say side kick is either A or S too 👍👍
Happy Tiger Shaolin Training also I think this is the first time I’ve seen you comment. No? If so, happy to have you!
Oblique kicks. What is the karate equivalent?
Happy Tiger Shaolin Training thanks bud!!
Dylan Firth hmmm, not sure! But that would’ve been a good one to keep on the list!
I absolutely love the front kick. I have a long reach and once used it to score every single point throughout a tournament, and managed to secure first place.
My students have since joked that it's my only technique.
So...does adding a spin bump each kick up a tier?
With coolness, yes
Side kick!! Doesn't matter where it lands it does damage if thrown correctly. Head, body, back, leg, knee and even into a block. My coach used to tell me to keep hitting the arms with my sliding side and they will drop. He was right. My opponents' arms would start to become fatigued and the head shots were now open for business! My favorite kick and anyone at any age or body type can learn to throw it effectively. Thank you side kick...from your biggest fan!!
Edit: I did score a KO with a Tornado kick in a tournament. You get torque with it. It is devastating!
At ~5:26, I hear you double and it’s not cuz I’m giving you views on two accounts at once
Ryan Liu yeaaa, I heard, oh well
Your quality of videos have improved significantly, keep up the good work!
“If you don’t subscribe, I’ll kick you!”
Between this and Phil DeFranco threatening to throat punch me, UA-cam is becoming a very violent place
Lol I teach Karate, what do you want from me?
Spinning Wheel looks cool, but Muay Thai Roundhouse should be #1, its the most devastating kick.
Sweep the leg kick? Dragon sweep?
Are they considered as a kick? if so love to hesr your thoughts about it.
Edit: Jesus you’re one of the fastest creators to respond.
Since you’ve been trying to prove the effectiveness of the sidekick, you may want to look into the Muay Thai ‘side teep’, or the Thai side kick - don’t know which name is more common. samart payakaroon used extensively to great effect.
The best I can describe it as is an abbreviated karate side kick, where instead of trying to make a bow and arrow motion with the shin, your goal is to throw the heel in a straight line to the target. Obviously, less power, but it fulfills the roll of a leg jab perfectly: it’s the longest strike available, hard to stifle, quick, and most of all, it requires almost no commitment, unlike the traditional sidekick, where you may need to slide or pendulum step into it
I’ll check it out 👍
Samart also used it in conjunction with a more typical side kick, which made the move a lot more versatile. He switched between the faster side teep and side kick, depending on whether he wanted speed or power - like having both a jab and straight punch in one position. If he wanted speed, he threw a side teep; if he wanted power, he simple add a leg chamber.
I use try to use it in a similar way, but haven’t mastered it. However, I noticed that the threat of a clean side teep is often enough to force hesitation or reaction, and that definitely helps when trying to land clean, strong, chambered, side kicks.
I’ll probs make a video on the differences 👍
Do mawashi kaiten geri... The only kick that sounds like a special finishing move and actually is...
Pro tip: crescent kicks are a good exercise to have your students do to build up hip strength and flexibility. I like to train 10 inside and outside on both sides along with the dynamic front leg stretch. 10 reps each after a workout then a hip stretch. Definitely not a practical kick for fighting but it’s a great exercise to build strength and flexibility.
On a serious note, are side kicks actually f tier? I was told they are effective
Haha it’s a meme, they are effective
I practice WT style TKD and at least once a week I'm reminding the lower belts to use their crescent (and ax) kicks to get headshots. When they have the distance for a roundhouse kick they get their hands in the way before they can land it, and normally they're too close for a roundhouse kick anyway. But listening to you talk about it did help me realize that it's not that useful in a real fight, and when I don't have sparring rules preventing face punches, if I'm that close to someone, my best option is to just punch their nose a new angle.
So for sparring, I'd put a crescent kick at S-tier, but for real-world application, I agree with the F-tier.
Well i definitly expected the roundhouse to be s tier
SADxBAD haha sorry bro!
MT fighter sees this in Thailand*
MT guys: we are gonna have to do 1000 round kicks each leg on this bag to forget and forgive karate for this malfeasance.
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Loving your videos sir! I will say I prefer when you show a quick demo of the technique being discussed, as you did with the ranking the punches video. Keep them coming!
Gotcha! Will do for the next ones 👍
Wow no leg kicks, they’re super underrated
Isn’t that just a roundhouse kick.. to the legs
Sensei Seth fair enough! Oblique leg kicks too tho, hella dangerous, hella effective
I mean kinda but not... really? It’s almost the same but you can’t drop into a roundhouse kick to the body or higher and it adds a ton of power. Strategy is different as well. A lead leg roundhouse is a spoiler, a way to wear your opponent’s mobility down and distract. If a normal roundhouse is a left straight punch then a leg kick is a jab to give a boxing analogy.
But hey I’m just some nobody. I could be overthinking it.
This proves my point that karate guys are jealous of TKD & Muay Thai kicks. Everyone knows a question mark kick gets predictable after the first time & spinning wheel kicks aren't safe on block. Though the front/push kicks & teap never fail in any situation.
Lol
As a guy named Jacob who practices the crane kick, I feel personally attacked Sensei lol
Hahahahahaha
As a guy named sonny who’s never practiced any martial art, I didn’t care.
calf kick /rear leg kick (douglas lima/ jose aldo)
chasse bas (jon jones)
lead inside leg kick (neiky holzkin)
leg kick (joe valetlini)
body/head roundhouse (Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong)
up kick (anderson silva)
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Punches tier list?
Bad Cat how many punches can you think of?
Jab, cross, lead hook, rear hook, lead uppercut, rear uppercut, overhand, spinning backfist (if that counts)
Def counts, thanks!
Add some more to the list : lead and rear backfist, superman punch, mike tyson's gazelle punch, maybe the straight and round palm strikes of pancrase (just to have some variety), maybe add the vertical fist jab and cross that go through the guard, a hammerfist (although it's a ground technique) and maybe something really flashy like the raymond daniels 720 hook punch. I think that's a good list to go.
Thanks!!
And here I've been practicing meia lua de compasso all trough lockdown.
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I think the crescent kick is underestimated. As mentioned, it does not necessarily have power but at close distance (think clench), a crescent kick to the head is amazing. It will make the opponent step back and think twice about getting too close.
Kicking people is fun😁👊🏼🔥
Vincent MMA Life trueeee
Nah roundhouse is S 💯
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Soon as that sad music came on for the side kick I had to subscribe 😂😂
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Thoughts on the oblique kick?
I like it!
I think side kick, it’s so versatile, you can use it to the head and knock people out, to the body/chest and knock them down, to the knee to hyperextend and damage the ligament, it can be used to create distance as a push kick or even gauge distance, like a teep or a jab, you can also use it to stop kicks and spin an opponent like samart payakaroon did by hitting the hips, sometimes 2-3 times in a row and because all sidekicks have the same/similar setup it’s hard to read which height it’ll come at
Lol it’s just a meme 👍
Sensei Seth wrote this before finishing the video haha
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Soooo, "spinning rear" is the same as a back kick, right? ushiro geri? (can we just use Japanese names? ;) )
My fav at the moment - and I put the whole authority of my one year kyokushin when I was a teenager and 3/4 year kickboxing behind it - is a variation of side kick as Ando Mierzwa is doing it (ua-cam.com/video/AgLCyV-A_j4/v-deo.html). Half way to the back kick with my butt facing the partner. Slower, but stronger... I guess?...
And back kicks. I have this idea in my head that if my roundhouse misses I can use a side or a back kick just after it, because after the roundhouse I land in a pretty good position for it. And there is a chance that my partner will be unprepared for the combo.
Tell me I'm right. Please.
makingthematrix lol we’re using English in everything else, I’m confused why we need to use the Japanese names ONLY for referring to the technique? But yes. Spinning rear kick and spinning back kick are pretty much interchangeable BUT one (rear) you turn just a bit more
You’re absolutely right! You can also use distance as a weapon since the spinning back kick is perceived as the longest reaching kick (but in reality you can feint a spinning back kick and go into a tornado kick with a step instead of a jump which reaches further).
@@SenseiSeth : My native language Polish. English and Japanese names are on the same shelf for me :) And Japanese even feel.... more focused? Like, ushiro geri is precisely this set of movements, as taught in my karate school. And a back kick? Well, that's when I turn back and kick something... :D
Ohh, everybody has their own verbiage 👍👍
Thats video actually very useful for me i am training mma ( i was a boxer) and there is no kick list anywere so used your list thankd
happy to help!
Its a one punch man grading system 😂
Lol
Glad side kicks are finally being evaluated honestly.
Bro, your list is f'd up, the main criterion should be how high percentage the kick is
C AM nah, gotta keep the coolness in there lol
Percentage of what? Amount thrown? Amount landed? KOs vs thrown or KOs vs landed?
A tornado kick is just a jumping-spinning-inward crescent kick. Crescent kicks are very useful for blocking and moving incoming kicks and weapons and such. You can take attackers off-balance or control the opponent's weapon to create an opening for your own. It's less useful in barefoot pajama boxing.
As a Karate guy the Front Kick (Mae Geri) is S-Tier for me not only do you still have full balance after the kick you also have 100% vision and it's an easy knock out if you hit the head. It's always been my go to for self defense nobody expects it either.
Some great kicks still remaining to be ranked:
*fumikomi geri (knee/hip stomp)
*ashi barai (feet sweep)
*kisame mae geri (front leg front kick, good surprise element, brutal against the genitals and great for combos)
*Sow gerk (wing chun low kick with the heel to the lower shin, brutal if wearing shoes)
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Sow gerk is considerably more difficult to find in youtube because many wing chun schools do not use the kick for actually doing damage, but for misleading the attention of your opponent downwards.
In our school here in brazil (applied wing chun w/ sifu Hudson William), it has become a staple, we have found it to be devastating when properly applied. I found a video of it being teached by sikung Duncan Leung: ua-cam.com/video/OFVZCqeRnBI/v-deo.html
Because of lack of flexibility, age and injuries, the rear leg outside crescent kick works better for me in combos than the round kick. Most people don't use it in practice because it harder to control and most don't expect it. So they don't throw it cause they don't want to actually hit their partners. Do, jab, cross, leg kick twice. Then instead of leg, go to the head with outside crescent.
I reckon I’ve honed my hook kick to the max. My hook kicks are definitely pretty hard and strong, I can break a board easily. But I still agree with you bc it’s not that strong compared to other kicks
I always think of Benny "The Jet" Urquidez when someone mentions the spinning back kick. He was a monster with that.
I think front kick in B in diabolical... It's a great kick that can be made effective by people that don't even know proper rechambering, it has great distance and there are push variants as well that can deliver a lot of power. Even a bad front kick can be good tbh. Besides that, great tier list and video Seth!
Roundhouse should be a S in my Opinion, because its soooo various. Use it as a low kick, kick to the liver, kick everywhere!
Ushiro Mawashi Geri aka Spinning Wheel....the best, most technical and HELLA AWESOME
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Oblique kick is so effective. It’s easy and quick to throw, has little risk, and can do serious damage if you don’t know how to defend it.
I feel the spinning back kick should be a tier or two higher because unlike the front kick you have great liberty as to which direction you wish to kick due to the “spin.” Like I can be facing straight and throw a spinning back kick at someone who’s shifted to my right with great effect without the need of really any footwork (I’ve done it too). I’d also argue it’s harder to see coming then the front kick, and this is all excluding power alone.
I’d say it’s way easier to see coming than the front kick
Sensei Seth I understand why you say that, I just personally find it that when both kicks are done quickly the spinning back kick catches people off guard more
To each their own!!
roundhouse is S tier for sure man, absolutly amazing technique.
very easy to aply and very efective.
Great, but easier to catch and evade than others
Muay Thai loves the teep(front kick), its the best kick ever so many uses
Roundhouse. Very versatile. Can be done a variety.of ways with a variety of targets. Creates an instant angle.
True!
Easier to put at the end of most punch combos also
My favorite kick is a rear rear leg crescent kick. Not the most powerful of kicks but It can be sneaky and I seem to land it pretty often. Plus it can work as a set up for my axe kick.
Richard Peterson that’s a dope set up for sure!
I landed a few of them lol 😂 it’s very sneaky
I'm a taller guy (190cm), about 3 inches off the ground on all my splits (this is important). The axe kick has been one of my most effective and also one of my favourite finishing moves. There's something satisfying about bringing my head so high that my foot is above my own head, and just swinging it down like an axe. I think that my flexibility, strength, and also my height are the reasons my axe kick is one of my best weapons. But I do agree that with legs as long as mine, I have other, far more useful weapons.
I am a martialartist practisioner. I practise kickboxing and have done karate, judo, jiu jitsu and krav maga.
I dont think the side kick is that bad at all. I land it quite often in sparring and i know that i can land it hard. Somtimes i land it at will. You just have to know to set it up.
I like to sweep the front leg and because i pull the leg towards me i have my leg loaded for a side kick which knocks down an imbalanced opponent/sparring partner
First things first the crane kick comes from Goju-Ryu, secondly a spinning crescent kick can actually break someone's neck, a TURNAROUND HOOK KICK is more of like a hail Mary kick, if anything the only kicks you should work on are the basic three, front kick, side kick, round house, every kick derives from this three, work on that stance and breathing and stretching everything else will come naturally.
I dont think you can put them in tiers, because all of them are necessary. And its all depending on how you set it up.
If all of them depend on variables than there is no variable, being that the issue is constant between all of them. Tier lists still fair
Stance is also key
U can never go wrong with a low kick and round house, better to invest in the fastest and most solid kicks